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We all felt for the Des Moines native when she fell in the 100-meter final, and her dreams of Olympic gold were dashed.

But Lolo has already picked herself up, dusted herself off, and proved that she is still the world's number one hurdler.

Ten days after the fall in the Olympic final, Lolo Jones of Des Moines, dominated the 100-meter hurdles in Zurich Switzerland.

Lolo Jones said, "I won that race, and that's what I needed to win to show people like look, if I wouldn't have hit those hurdles, Lolo would have come back with a medal."

But on August 19th, Lolo did hit the second to last hurdle, in the lead, 20 meters from Olympic Gold, slipping to 7th place.

She says she was just trying to do too much.

Jones: "I was trying to not only win a medal but i was trying to break the Olympic record."

She didn't, but Lolo certainly set a record for post-race grace and class, in the face of devastating defeat.

Jones: "Everyone knows at some point in their life they've had something that they wanted so bad and maybe they haven't gotten it or they had to work harder for it. I think that's why so many people can relate to what I've been through."

Cards, letters, email, text messages of support; Lolo has loved them all.

Jones: "It helped when i needed it the most."

She's back in Des Moines, not training, taking time off. Eating anything she wants.

She just turned 26; young for a hurdler.

Jones: "for me, 28 to 33, that's when I'll be at my prime."

Primed and ready to run in London in 20-12.

"Keep your spirits up for me Iowans because I'll be back."

Watch a video of the interview here.

Source: KCCI